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hine and a penstock. The generator was driven hy a flat belt and pulleys from the turbine." While in the process of getting thc power plant ready for operation, a dam was put in the creek several miles up the canyon for the purpose of diverting water into a contour ditch. This involved putting tunnels in some areas to carry the water. T h e divenion dam consisted mainly of cut trees from the surrounding area. A short penstock was installed between the end of the ditch and the plant.' The canal was finished in the late fall of 1907. When the water was turned into the ditch, however, it gave them a great deal of trouble because of the gypsum in the soil and the unsettled condition of the canal bed. There were many washouts, land. slides, cave-ins, and numerous trials of one kind or another. There were so many problems that it was decided to abandon the canal for the winter and use a large steam engine from the valley, capable of drawing twenty plows and of developing eighty horsepower to the belt. This engine was owned hy the Cedar City Arid Farm Co., with which Lehi was affiliated.'In the process of making this decision, Lehi did some checking on the steam engine to see if it would be adequate. Owen Matheson stated in his notes: "Finally Lehi Jones came to me and asked - did I think the steam engine could develop enough power to run the light plant? I told him it would not take much of an engine to create as much power as that dinky stream of water, and I was sure that it would he as stable as the stream had proven to be. 'Can you set it up and give it a try?' was the next q u e ~ t i o n . " ~ 'The steam engine was brought into town and down mainstreet and when they reached the city park, they hit a wet spot on the road where a water main had leaked, and the engine sank do\vn in the mud. It was stuck thew for several weeks, tipped practically over, before someone was finally able to pull it out."' Owen Matheson, who was the regular operator of the machine: maintained this happened when the factory operator was taking the steam engine to a demonstration north of town in 1905 or l'l06: therefore, the factory man drove the rig into the boghole. Owcn clainls he drobe the engine to the power plant in 1907 without any tl-ouhle." When they set the steam engine up at the power plant, i t w a s necessary to knork part of the wall out of the building and run a I r l t from the engine into'the dynamo. Lehi's boys were among those who hauled mal all winter from the Bulloch and Jones coal mine to keep the enginc runninx. The f x m c:onlpany pur<:hasedthe steam engine to clear brush land, and found that it was extremely difficult to work with partly because it was c u t n t ~ e r s o ~cross ditches and move from place to place. They to ~ ~ ~ Lvcre prolnbly happy to get rid of it and were grateful when the power 166

hine and a penstock. The generator was driven hy a flat belt and pulleys from the turbine." While in the process of getting thc power plant ready for operation, a dam was put in the creek several miles up the canyon for the purpose of diverting water into a contour ditch. This involved putting tunnels in some areas to carry the water. T h e divenion dam consisted mainly of cut trees from the surrounding area. A short penstock was installed between the end of the ditch and the plant.' The canal was finished in the late fall of 1907. When the water was turned into the ditch, however, it gave them a great deal of trouble because of the gypsum in the soil and the unsettled condition of the canal bed. There were many washouts, land. slides, cave-ins, and numerous trials of one kind or another. There were so many problems that it was decided to abandon the canal for the winter and use a large steam engine from the valley, capable of drawing twenty plows and of developing eighty horsepower to the belt. This engine was owned hy the Cedar City Arid Farm Co., with which Lehi was affiliated.'In the process of making this decision, Lehi did some checking on the steam engine to see if it would be adequate. Owen Matheson stated in his notes: "Finally Lehi Jones came to me and asked - did I think the steam engine could develop enough power to run the light plant? I told him it would not take much of an engine to create as much power as that dinky stream of water, and I was sure that it would he as stable as the stream had proven to be. 'Can you set it up and give it a try?' was the next q u e ~ t i o n . " ~ 'The steam engine was brought into town and down mainstreet and when they reached the city park, they hit a wet spot on the road where a water main had leaked, and the engine sank do\vn in the mud. It was stuck thew for several weeks, tipped practically over, before someone was finally able to pull it out."' Owen Matheson, who was the regular operator of the machine: maintained this happened when the factory operator was taking the steam engine to a demonstration north of town in 1905 or l'l06: therefore, the factory man drove the rig into the boghole. Owcn clainls he drobe the engine to the power plant in 1907 without any tl-ouhle." When they set the steam engine up at the power plant, i t w a s necessary to knork part of the wall out of the building and run a I r l t from the engine into'the dynamo. Lehi's boys were among those who hauled mal all winter from the Bulloch and Jones coal mine to keep the enginc runninx. The f x m c:onlpany pur